How to Reduce Storage on Spotify on iPhone or iPad

This wikiHow teaches you how to free up space on your iPhone or iPad by decreasing your music download quality and clearing your cache.

Method 1
Method 1 of 2:
Decreasing your Download Quality

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    Tap to open the Spotify app. It's the icon with a green circle that has three black curved lines inside.
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    Tap Your Library. It's at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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    Tap the
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    button.     You can find it in the top-right corner.
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    Tap Music Quality. This will open settings for the quality of the files that are streamed and downloaded on Spotify.
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    Scroll down and tap to lower the download quality. It's in the "Download" section. This lowers the size of the files downloaded to your device, freeing up those sweet, sweet megabytes.
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Method 2
Method 2 of 2:
Clearing your Spotify Cache

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    Tap to open the Spotify app. It's the icon with a green circle that has three black curved lines inside.
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    Tap Your Library. It's at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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    Tap the
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    button.     You can find it in the top right corner of the Home tab.
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    Tap Storage.
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    Tap the Delete Cache button. A confirmation message will appear.
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    Tap Delete cache on the confirmation screen. This will clear your Spotify cache and free up some storage space on your device.
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Updated: March 26, 2019
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